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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Ohio rates for HCPCS 68440

This is a minor procedure that makes a small snip in the tiny opening at the inner corner of the eyelid where tears normally drain. It is done to widen a narrowed drainage opening and relieve excess tearing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening cost?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$100 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$324 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $151 to $10,233Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $87 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Ohio· 30th of 51

$129

WY $309MT $102

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.